Fence-guard support



Nov. 12,1929. 6. E. ARMSTRONG 1,735,564

FENCE GUARD SUPPORT Filed Def. 4. 1928 Patented Nov. 12, 1929 GEORGE E. ARMSTRONG, or wINnFaLL, INDIANA, .AssIGnon' or ONE-FOURTi-I TO ERNEST ARMSTRONG, ONE-FOURTH T THEODORE ABMsTRoNanNn ONEFFOUR'IH TO FRANK ARMSTRONG, ALL OF WINDFALL, INDIANA FENCE-GUARD s'nrronr Application filed October 4, 1928. Serial No. 310,318. r

Theinvention relates to means for supporting a guard wire at a distance from a wire fence to prevent the approach of cattle to and contact with the fence, and has for its object the provision of an improved means for securing the guard wire in relationship with the fence comprising a bracket consisting of two separable members adapted to be secured to the wire fence, one ofsaid members having an open supporting member to receive the guard wire, and provided with means to hold the other member in'fixed relationship therewith and in closing position for the supporting member.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a ghard wire support for wire fences adapted to be attached to the line wires of a fence where joined by a vertical stay wire, the supporting member having laterally extending hooks arranged on opposite sides of the two members, said hooks being adapted to be engaged with the line wires on opposite sides of the stay wire and to engage around the stay wire to prevent movement of the supporting member relatively to the stay wire and longitudinally of the line wires.

The invention will be described in detail hereinafter and will be found illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a fragment of a conventional wire fence showing a guard wire and improved support in position. V

Figures 2 and 3 are views in perspective of the respective members of the support, and

Figure 4: is a view in perspective of the sup porgaing portion'of the bracket when assemble I In the drawings similar reference charactle will contact with the barbed wire before I A reaching thefence and thus be prevented from contacting with the fence. The invention relates to an improved means for sup-f porting the guard wire D in relation with the fence, and comprises a bracket 1 that consists of two members, these membersbeing rods 2 and 3. The member 2 forms the upper arm of the bracket andhas at one of its ends a laterally extending hook member 4 and an open loop member 5',the open lo'op'member 5 being adapted to engage a line wire ofthe fence adjacent toone of the stay wires, and

'asshown in Figure 1, and the hook member 4: to. engage around thejoi'nt formed by the stay wire and the line wire. 7 The other end of the rod 2 is rebent as shown-at 6 tofform an open hook 7 to receive the guard wire D,

and i formed with a laterally coiled loop 8 adjacent to the hook member '7 to receive an offset end 9 of the rod'3, said end 9 overlapping and closing the hook 7 to prevent casual displacement of the bracketl. k 7 ,7

10 is a laterally extending shoulder formed by the offset end'9 that engages the rod 2 and coil 8 and serves to support theouter end of the rod 2 and the guard wire D. The other end of the rod 3 is formed with an open loop 11 that engages another of theline wires B under the wireengaged by the loop 5, and 12 indicatesa terminal hook onthe rod 3 that eX- guard wire D on the tends laterally therefrom in the opposite direction from the hook 4: and engages the same stay wire C as that engaged by the hook 4. As shown in the drawings the loops 5 and 11 are engaged with the line wires ofthefen ce on oppositesides of the stay wire C and the hooks 4 and 12 extending in opposite directions from their respective rods and also engaging the stay wire G to hold the bracket 1 from longitudinal movement on the line wires B and. serves also to hold the bracket 1 at" right angles to the fence Wire's B and C.

to secure said members to a fence, one ofsaid members having a terminal hook adapted to support a guardwire, and. a loo adapted toi- 'minal hook to prevent casual displacement of V id d -b ing provided with laterally exreceive an 'end of the other member and hold it engaged across the openingin the terthe guard wire engaged therein.

2. A guardwire support for fences, comprising a bracket havingarms engageable withthe line ,wiresand a stay wire of a wire fence, laterally extending hooks'on said arms extendingin opposite directions to engage the line wires 'onopposite sides of the stay-wire to prevent longitudinal movement of the bracket on the line wires, and means on bracket to support a guard Wire.

3. A guard wire support for fences, comprising a bracket including two rods, each of tending hooks adapted to engage line wires and stay wiresof a wire fence, the hooks on v said members extending in opposite directions for engagement of the line wires on opposite sides of the s-tay wire to prevent longitudinal movement of the bracket 0n the line Wires, means on one of said rods to engage a guard Wire, and means on said rod to engage the port it.

other rod and hold it engaged therewith.

4. A guard wire support for fences, 'comprising ,a bracket having two separable members, means to secure said members to a fence, a hook on one member to receive the guard, wireand aloop to receive the other member across said hook, and a shoulder on said other member engaging the first member to sup- A guard wire support for fences, compris ng abracketincluding two rods, each of sa d rods havlng an open loop to engage line wires of a ire fence and laterally extending o to engage a stay wir he hooks on the rods extending in opposite directions, one of said rods having its opposite end returnedto o I 7 form a hook to support a guard Wire and pro.-

vided with a loop adjacent to said hook, and. the other rod having its free end offset to engage through the last mentioned loop and close said hook, and providing a shoulder to engage the first mentioned rod and support 1t; i j :In t s m y hereof I ffix my signature.

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